South Semitic languages

E70016
branch of Semitic languages language group

South Semitic languages are a branch of the Semitic language family spoken primarily in the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, including languages such as Arabic’s ancient South Arabian relatives and the Modern South Arabian and Ethiopian Semitic languages.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
South Semitic languages canonical 12
South Semitic 6
South Ethiosemitic languages 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Semitic languages ⓘ
language group ⓘ
contrastedWith Central Semitic languages ⓘ
East Semitic languages ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Semitic linguistics ⓘ
geographicDistribution Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Northeast Africa ⓘ
hasCharacteristic shared morphological features within Semitic ⓘ
shared phonological innovations within Semitic ⓘ
hasStatus some languages endangered ⓘ
some languages extinct ⓘ
hasSubgroup Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ
Modern South Arabian languages ⓘ
Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: Old South Arabian languages
historicalRegion ancient South Arabia ⓘ
includesAncientLanguages Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: Old South Arabian languages
includesLanguage Amharic ⓘ
Argobba ⓘ
Bathari ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
Gurage languages ⓘ
Old South Arabian ⓘ
surface form: Hadramitic

Harari ⓘ
Harsusi ⓘ
Hobyot ⓘ
Mehri ⓘ
Minaean ⓘ
Qataban ⓘ
surface form: Qatabanian

Sabaic ⓘ
Shehri ⓘ
Soqotri language ⓘ
surface form: Soqotri

Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
includesModernLanguages Ethiopian Semitic languages ⓘ
Modern South Arabian languages ⓘ
linguisticBranchOf Proto-Semitic language ⓘ
partOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
spokenIn Djibouti ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
southern Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
subclassOf Semitic languages ⓘ
writingSystemUsed South Arabian script ⓘ
surface form: Ancient South Arabian script

Geʽez script ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Semitic languages → hasSubfamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → relatedTo → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Amharic → subbranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
Ge'ez → subfamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Modern South Arabian languages → partOf → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic branch
Geez → subfamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Geʽez
Tigre → languageSubbranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
South Arabian script → scriptFamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic scripts
ትግርኛ → languageFamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Ethiopian Semitic → relatedTo → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Arabian Semitic languages
Geʽez → subfamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Mehri language → subbranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Bathari language → languageFamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
Shehri people → languageBranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
MSA languages → partOf → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Late Sabaic → languageBranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
Argobba → subbranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Harsusi → subBranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Shehri → languageFamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
Bathari → languageBranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Semitic
Faifi → hasLanguageFamily → South Semitic languages ⓘ
Gurage people → subBranch → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Ethiosemitic languages
Northern Gurage → subclassOf → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Ethiosemitic languages
Eastern Gurage → subclassOf → South Semitic languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Ethiosemitic languages